Island Hopping: Beer Facts
Author:
Staff
*Ring in the New Year? The name "Kalik" is derived from the
distinctive sound made by cowbells used as key instruments during
the biannual Junkanoo parade, Bahamian festival held on Boxing Day
(December 26) and New Year's Day each year. *It's not your
imagination that beer washes away the heat of spicy foods. Certain
compounds in chile peppers are particularly alcohol-soluble,
making
even the lightest beer a much
better fire extinguisher than
water.
*Beer labels marked with an X are showing their hand the marking is
a sign of alcohol content. "XXX" beers are perversely strong, "XX"
a little milder and "X" the softest. *Cerveza, the Spanish word
for beer, comes from Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture giving
a nod to beer's divinely earthy qualities. *By definition, a
micro-brewery produces no more than 15,000 barrels (465,000
gallons/1.77 million liters) of beer each year which means most of
the Caribbean breweries are overqualified for that title.
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